The relationship between bone mechanical properties and ground reaction forces in normal and hypermuscular mice

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 313 A, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 339-351

  Schmitt, Daniel ^a   Zumwalt, Ann C ^b   Hamrick, Mark W ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; MOUSE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; MICE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 77953486646     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.604     Document Type: Article

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